Speaking on the intersection between small arms and VAW at Annual General Meeting of the Solidarity for African Women's Rights (SOAWR), EASSI shared that the impact of armed violence on women should not be underestimated. Women are often targets of certain types of violence involving small arms, particularly domestic violence and rape. It is important to make the links between women’s activism and activities to create safer spaces and communities through controls on small arms. Part of this is to build capacity, empower and recognize our own expertise in this field, and promote our work and voices to the wider
disarmament community.
TODAY, we invite all of you to join the Speak Out; Control Arms Now campaign which is a campaign to speak out against gun violence and to promote an Arms Trade Treaty that is sensitive to our needs in the developing countries and as women. The central focus of the campaign is the collection of diverse voices of support for a bulletproof Arms Trade Treaty. By visiting the new campaign website (http://speakout.controlarms.org) you can not only give your voice in many creative ways, but register events, form groups, and explore and share the submissions of others.
disarmament community.
TODAY, we invite all of you to join the Speak Out; Control Arms Now campaign which is a campaign to speak out against gun violence and to promote an Arms Trade Treaty that is sensitive to our needs in the developing countries and as women. The central focus of the campaign is the collection of diverse voices of support for a bulletproof Arms Trade Treaty. By visiting the new campaign website (http://speakout.controlarms.org) you can not only give your voice in many creative ways, but register events, form groups, and explore and share the submissions of others.
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